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Page 117
... squatters were offered long leases in the unsettled districts , renewals , rights of pre - emption and other privileges , where they would not be disturbed by homesteaders looking for farm sites . They were offered leases of a shorter ...
... squatters were offered long leases in the unsettled districts , renewals , rights of pre - emption and other privileges , where they would not be disturbed by homesteaders looking for farm sites . They were offered leases of a shorter ...
Page 440
... squatters , and the men who wanted land , either to use or to make money by re - selling . Squatters had to borrow money , and borrow at eight per cent . , too , to enable them to buy as much of their holdings as would save them from ...
... squatters , and the men who wanted land , either to use or to make money by re - selling . Squatters had to borrow money , and borrow at eight per cent . , too , to enable them to buy as much of their holdings as would save them from ...
Page 450
... squatters ' boundary riders , and the ploughshare was beginning a new era in the rural history of eastern Australia . Because the selectors swarmed over the countryside and ate up the substance of the squatters , they were derided by ...
... squatters ' boundary riders , and the ploughshare was beginning a new era in the rural history of eastern Australia . Because the selectors swarmed over the countryside and ate up the substance of the squatters , they were derided by ...
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